LAHORE – Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Saturdaythat PTI government was neither going to recognize Israel nor would makeany amendment in the Khatam-e-Nabuwat Act.
Addressing a press conference here, he made it clear to PDM (PakistanDemocratic Movement) Chairman Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman that though he(Maulana) remained Chairman of Kashmir Committee but Prime Minister Imranrendered much more services for the cause of Kashmir and rights ofKashmiris, and cited that Premier actively and very clearly took up thisissue at every world forum including United Nations Organization (UNO) andtermed Indian PM Narendra Modi another Mussolini on the issue of Kashmir.
Regarding Broadsheet scandal, he said that if Justice Azmat was notacceptable to them (the Opposition parties) then they should tell who wasacceptable to them, saying in a light vein whether they would acceptJustice Ifitikhar or Justice Qayyum.
Responding to a question, he said PML-N’s Khawaja Asif could have disclosedin a better manner that Shahbaz Sharif paid US $ 750,000 to NAB (NationalAccountability Bureau) and had also taken this amount back from it throughSupreme Court. Similarly, other properties worth US $ 85 million to US $100 million were being unearthed and whoever committed the corruption,he/she must be taken to task, he maintained.
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Sheikh Rashid said that opposition was doing politic on foreign funding andPrime Minister Imran Khan had offered an open trial of it, ‘as today is theera of camera politics (media) and camera now-a-days tells who was involvedor not.’
Federal Interior Minister said that government decided to allow a peacefullong march/procession to PDM, whether they before or after the Senateelection, adding that the law would take its course if the oppositionparties took the law into their hands.
To a question, he said that, “none of government’s ally was going to stepback and Insha Allah and PTI would secure an extra seat from Punjab in theSenate election”, asserting, “It is greatness of Imran Khan, who isoffering a secret voting.”
To another question, he said that a committee on Broadsheet case was beingconstituted and whoever was involved in it would be held accountable,citing that opposition recently staged a protest demonstration againstPTI’s alleged foreign funding in front of Election Commission of Pakistanbut they themselves need to be scrutinized as the law assessed the mattersin totality.
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Responding to a reporter’s query, he said that Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehmanwasted nation’s time on matters related to Israel, Kashmir andKhatam-e-Nabuwat, and stated that no one in Pakistan could dare to goagainst the national viewpoint on such sensitive matters.
When asked about Bilawal Bhutto’s announcement to avoidlong-march/procession against the government, the Federal Minister remarkedthat Bilawal Bhutto reached maturity as he realized that such moves wereall in vain.
To a query, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that Federal Investigation Agency(FIA) and NADRA (National Database Registration Authority) were beingreformed and strengthened, saying it would take some time to complete thetasks. He also appreciated the services rendered by Pakistan Rangers andCoastal Guards.